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World number three and 2018 Roland Garros champion Simona Halep is unlikely to feature at the year’s second Slam in Paris, after being forced to retire from her second-round match in Rome against Angelique Kerber midweek.
Continue reading “French Open 2021: Simona Halep likely out after innocuous calf tear”After a brilliant fortnight’s action where she blitzed through the competition with ruthless efficiency, Polish teenager Iga Swiatek topped that with another straight-sets victory – 6-4, 6-1 – to overcome Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin – winning her first Grand Slam title in style. Continue reading “French Open 2020: Polish teenager Iga Swiatek blasts Sofia Kenin to win first title”
Just minutes before she was scheduled to go on court in her second-round match against world no.132 Tsvetana Pironkova, three-time Roland Garros champion Serena Williams pulled out of the French Open today – revealing she’s been ordered to rest an Achilles injury that has worsened since sustaining it against Victoria Azarenka at the US Open earlier this month. Continue reading “French Open 2020: Serena Williams withdraws with Achilles heel injury”
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Ahead of his Grand Slam return to the playing surface he calls home, world number two Rafael Nadal discussed how colder weather at a delayed Roland Garros tournament will present the toughest conditions he has faced in Paris, where he’s a twelve-time champion. Continue reading “French Open 2020: Rafael Nadal voices concerns ahead of his Slam return”
The world number two Simona Halep has been honest in her assessment of the current situation, believing there’s a chance the whole 2020 season is called off – while voicing her fears over the virus at home in Bucharest.
Continue reading “Simona Halep: 2020 is going to be cancelled, voices coronavirus fears”
Two matches left. Tomorrow’s semi-final against Dominic Thiem and a Sunday final, weather permitting, are all that stand in Novak Djokovic’s way. He edges closer to making yet more history: being only the second player in history after Rod Laver, to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously.
Continue reading “French Open 2019: Djokovic proves too much against error-laden Zverev”
Johanna Konta made history, becoming Britain’s first woman to reach the French Open semi-finals since 1983 with an emphatic 6-1, 6-4 win over last year’s finalist Sloane Stephens on Philippe-Chatrier. Continue reading “French Open 2019: Konta makes history with straight-sets win over Sloane Stephens”
Johanna Konta will be tough to beat during this fortnight’s Grand Slam tournament in France, her new coach Dimitri Zavialoff has warned.
Continue reading “French Open 2019: Johanna Konta will be tough to beat, says new coach”
Novak Djokovic’s excellence was on full display as he dominated against a nervy Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to win his third consecutive Grand Slam and a record-breaking seventh title in Melbourne.
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